pled

simple past and past participle of plead

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of plead
    • When the indictment was read over, and the Jury sworn in, the prisoner pled guilty. - 1802, The Edinburgh Magazine, v. XIX (new series), p. 70
    • For so long I've pled and prayed, "God, come to my rescue!" - 2018, Matt Papa, Matt Boswell, “Lord From Sorrows Deep I Call (Psalm 42)”:

Origin

From Middle English pladde (preterite) and pladd (past participle) of Middle English pleden (“to plead”).

Forms

pleaded

Derived

unpled